Posted on 05/30/2013 5:04:39 AM PDT by RummyChick
Washington (CNN) - Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble.
The Associated Press issued a statement Wednesday objecting to plans for the meetings to be off the record. "If it is not on the record, AP will not attend and instead will offer our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter," said Erin Madigan White, the AP's media relations manager.
The New York Times is taking the same position. "It isn't appropriate for us to attend an off-the-record meeting with the attorney general," executive editor Jill Abramson said in a statement.
Like the New York Times and the Associated Press, CNN will decline the invitation for an off-the-record meeting. A CNN spokesperson says if the meeting with the attorney general is on the record, CNN would plan to participate.
The Huffington Post's Washington bureau chief, Ryan Grim, also said he will not attend unless the meeting is on the record. "A conversation specifically about the freedom of the press should be an open one. We have a responsibility not to betray that," Grim told CNN.
But Politico posted an item on its website saying editor-in-chief John Harris plans to attend one of the meetings with Holder.
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If he recused himself from this scandal, wouldn’t that mean he has un-recused himself?
Dying by a thousand cuts.
All logic would seem to indicate that Holder is on the way out.
But I am not so sure. Obama is stubborn and overflowing with hubris. I think he sincerely believes that he is not in the wrong and can ride this out.
He also has to figure that the confirmation hearings for Holder’s replacement will be brutal and bloody, if he can get anyone confirmed at all.
Plus Holder, like Ron Brown in the Clinton Administration, knows where all the bodies are buried. So it will be very difficult to force him out if he does not want to go.
Media must assume that this is the tip of the iceberg, and that the administration has ALL their emails and call records. Perhaps recorded conversations too.
Haven’t they had “off-the-record” meetings in the past? I seem to recall one a few weeks back.
All logic would seem to indicate that Holder is on the way out.
But I am not so sure. Obama is stubborn and overflowing with hubris. I think he sincerely believes that he is not in the wrong and can ride this out.
They are relying on a Clintonian interpretation of “ prosecute” to get them through this......
If Billy Jeff can get by, then why bother a “ brother” over something very similar....
Plus Holder, like Ron Brown in the Clinton Administration, knows where all the bodies are buried. So it will be very difficult to force him out if he does not want to go.
So True. Many probably don’t realize that Holder is tied to both Clintons, and O...
He has the dirt on both
Fox just reported that the meetings will be focused on input as to how these issues should and will be handled in the future. Discussions of anything regarding the current scandals will not be permitted. So there we go, “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE NOW”. Seems to be a theme, how do we fix it going forward, don’t waste time on the bumps in the road. Only problem is, the perps who broke the laws and got away with it are still there to break them again.
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